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Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 Rights Catalogue: Frontlist Non-Fiction FOR RIGHTS QUERIES CONTACT FOR RIGHTS QUERIES CONTACT Nerrilee Weir, Senior Rights Manager Alice Richardson, Rights Executive TEL +61 2 8923 9892 TEL +61 2 8923 9815 EMAIL [email protected] EMAIL [email protected] penguin.com.au/rights penguin.com.au/rights Awards and Nominations 2019 & 2018 Gorgeous Girl by Mary K. Pershall Shortlisted: Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards 2019 Fly!: Life Lessons from the Cockpit of QF32 by Richard de Crespigny Finalist: Australian Career Book Award 2019 Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales Shortlisted: Indie Book Awards 2019 Unmaking A Murderer: The Mysterious Death of Anna–Jane Cheney by Graham Archer Winner: Ned Kelly Awards 2018 (Best True Crime) John Curtin’s War: Volume 1 by John Edwards Longlisted: Australian Book Prize (Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) 2018 The First Casualty: From the Front Lines of the Global War on Journalism by Peter Greste Shortlisted: Walkley Book Award 2018 Longlisted: Australian Book Prize (Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) 2018 Maori Made Easy Workbook by Scotty Morrison Shortlisted: Copyright Licensing Education Awards New Zealand 2018 A Scandal in Bohemia by Gideon Haigh Longlisted: Waverley Library Award 2018 A Life Underwater by Charlie Veron Longlisted: Waverley Library Award 2018 Unbreakable by Jelena Dokic Shortlisted: Australian Industry Book Awards 2018 2 FRANKFURT FRONTLIST RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2019 RIGHTS SOLD – Recent Highlights Witches: What Women Do Anxious Kids Together Michael Grose and Jodi Sam George-Allen Richardson North America (Melville Germany (Trias Verlag) House) Taiwan (Yuan-Liou) China (Beijing Xiron Romania (Curtea Veche Publishing) Publishing) China (Beijing Xiron Publishing) Homemade The Rip Curl Story Eleanor Ozich Rip Curl Germany (Verlag Freies Brazil (Global Editora) Geistesleben & Urachhaus) Shine: 20 Secrets to a Happy A Zero Waste Life Life Anita Vandyke North America (Apollo Shannah Kennedy and Publishers) Lyndall Mitchell Turkey (Egitim Yayinevi) Previously sold to: Previously sold to: Czech Republic (Alpha Books) China (China Times Russia (Portal Publishing Publishing Company) House) Audio (Bolinda Publishing) Indonesia (PT Elex Media Komputindo) China (Beijing United Creation Culture Media Co) Audio (Bolinda) Don’t Stop Believin’ The Modern Family Survival Olivia Newton John Guide United Kingdom (Simon & Nigel Latta Schuster) Russia (Piter-Press Germany (Hannibal Koch) Publishers) Previously sold to: Previously sold to: Hungary (Kulinaria Kiado) North America (Simon & Romania (Niculescu Schuster) Publishing House) Serbia (Psihopolis Institute) FRANKFURT FRONTLIST RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2019 3 RIGHTS SOLD – Recent Highlights Wild Delicious Interval Weight Loss for Life Amber Rose Dr Nick Fuller The Netherlands (Karakter Taiwan (China Times) Uitgevers) It Must Be My Hormones Embrace Yourself Marion Gluck and Vicki Taryn Brumfitt Edgson Germany (Gräfe und Unzer Poland (Studio Verlag GmbH) Astropsychologi) Previously sold to: United Kingdom (Penguin Random House) Italy (Cairo Editore) The Gut-Friendly Cookbook One Handed Cooks Alana Scott Alli Gaunt, Jessica Beaton North America (Countryman and Sarah Buckle Press) Russia (Azbooka-Atticus) My Life, My Fight Steven Adams North America (Hachette) 4 FRANKFURT FRONTLIST RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2019 Highlights Women and Leadership: Real Chapters include: Lives, Real Lessons • Shrill or soft - the style conundrum Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonji Iweala • It’s all about the hair Pub date: July 2020 • Who’s minding the kids? Format: 368pp – 153mm x 234mm • She’s a bit of a bitch Rights held: World • A special place in hell – do women really Rights sold previous title: My Story (Julia Gillard) China support women? (Guangxi Normal University Press Group) • The stand out lessons for young women Audio: Penguin Random House Australia Imprint: Vintage Australia • What needs to change and how do we change it? Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and economist and international development expert Featuring: Jacinda Ardern, Hillary Clinton, Ellen Ngozi Okonjo Iweala combine their formidable Johnson Sirleaf, Michelle Bachelet, Joyce Banda, forces to consider questions of women and Erna Solberg, Theresa May, Christine Lagarde leadership. and more. Relying on the words of women leaders to describe JULIA GILLARD served as the 27th Prime their own experiences, Women and Leadership Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She presents a lively and readable analysis of how was central to the successful management of gender impacts the access of women to positions Australia’s economy, the 12th largest economy in of political leadership, the perceptions of them as the world, through the global financial crisis, and leaders, the trajectory of their leadership and the delivered a number of nation-changing policies circumstances in which it comes to an end. and reforms during her leadership and in her previous role as deputy prime minister. In today’s world, women make up less than 10% of national leaders. Behind this headline number lies a She is a distinguished fellow with the Center pattern of unequal access to the corridors of power. for Universal Education at the Brookings At the current rate of progress it will take 50 years for Institution in Washington and chair of the women to reach equal numbers in parliaments, and Global Partnership for Education, a leading 100 years for ministerial positions. organisation dedicated to expanding access to quality education worldwide. She is also For those who do make it, there is occasional an honorary professor at the University of analysis of highly gendered moments in relation Adelaide and chair of Beyond Blue, a non-profit to their leadership and how the female leader dealt committed to helping Australians understand with the situation, such as Julia Gillard’s misogyny and manage anxiety and depression. speech, which was globally reported. But in most circumstances such discussion is episodic and NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA served twice as occurs only within the nation of that female leader. Nigeria’s finance minister, from 2003–2006 and 2011–2015, and as foreign minister in 2006, Women leaders often have biographies or the first woman to hold both positions. She autobiographies published but may shy away spent a 25-year career at the World Bank as a from dealing deeply with gender questions, fearing development economist, rising to the position of backlash if the book is seen to be ‘whingeing’ in Managing Director. tone. Women and Leadership fills that void, taking a consistent, comprehensive approach to teasing out She is a nonresident distinguished fellow what is different for women leaders. The real-world with the Africa Growth Initiative in the Global experiences of the interviewees are tested against Economy and Development program at the the authors’ hypotheses of how gender impacts Brookings Institution. She serves as chair of the leadership. board of Gavi, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, chair of the board of the The end result is an action agenda for change African Union’s African Risk Capacity agency that will make it more likely women leaders are (ARC) and co-chair of the Global Commission on treated fairly and with no gender bias, as well as a the Economy and Climate. fascinating insight into some of the world’s most prominent women leaders. FRANKFURT FRONTLIST RIGHTS CATALOGUE 2019 5 Highlights All Of This Is For You Sales Points Ruby Jones • Ruby has a huge following, with 70.4K on Instagram and her fan base is actively Pub date: November 2019 engaged. Format: 104pp – 175mm x 140mm Rights held: World • Ruby attracts significant media interest Imprint: Penguin Random House New Zealand from international markets: Buzzfeed, i-D, Vogue, and Marie Claire. A beautiful, thoughtful gift book by Ruby Jones, • Ruby’s work is instantly recognisable to all the celebrated young illustrator behind the artwork ages and is suitable for a young audience ‘This is your home and you should have been safe through to adults – for everyone navigating here.’ modern life. Celebrated artist Ruby Jones shares dozens • Ruby deals with difficult eelingsf and of luminous, heartfelt, hand-lettered artworks emotions (anxiety, body image, suicidal and messages. Life can be overwhelming, thoughts, grief) skillfully, with a genuine but Ruby’s witty, compassionate, beautifully warmth and just the right touch of humour observed drawings never fail to bring a smile when needed. of recognition, while her practical words of • These are simple, heartfelt messages that advice remind us how lucky we are to be here – speak to the human condition, transcending and how we can be kinder to ourselves, to the race and culture with images that represent people in our lives, and to the world around us. a global diversity. Content will resonate A thoughtful gift for any person needing a little with a broad audience; readers will see inspiration in today’s world. themselves in her illustrations and readily RUBY JONES is an artist and writer whose identify with the messages. messages of hope and kindness captured the zeitgeist and gained worldwide attention after the March 2019 Christchurch terrorist attacks, when she shared her illustration featuring two women embracing, penned with the words ‘This is your home and you should have been safe here.’ A few days on from the attacks, Ruby was asked to illustrate a cover for Time magazine. Since then, her work
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